Analysis: 56 percent of Blythe Park students fail annual tests

Academic results data released recently reveals 44 percent of Blythe Park Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Blythe Park Elementary School show about 39 percent met expectations and 5 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 36 percent approached expectations, 17 percent partially met expectations and 3 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Blythe Park Elementary School, which enrolled 134 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Blythe Park Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year

Passed

Failed

2017

44.1%

55.9%

2016

48.4%

51.6%

2015

57.8%

42.2%

How County schools' scores compare

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Forest Hills Elementary School

Western Springs

Cook

84.4%

15.6%

Lincoln Elementary School

River Forest

Cook

79.5%

20.5%

Field Park Elementary School

Western Springs

Cook

76.2%

23.8%

Willard Elementary School

River Forest

Cook

75.4%

24.6%

John Laidlaw Elementary School

Western Springs

Cook

74.1%

25.9%

Highlands Elementary School

La Grange Highlands

Cook

71.6%

28.4%

Ogden Ave Elementary School

La Grange

Cook

71%

29.0%

Spring Ave Elementary School

La Grange

Cook

67.8%

32.2%

Central Elementary School

Riverside

Cook

65.6%

34.4%

Longfellow Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

64.7%

35.3%

A. F. Ames Elementary School

Riverside

Cook

62.3%

37.7%

Cossitt Ave Elementary School

La Grange

Cook

62.1%

37.9%

Horace Mann Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

60.7%

39.3%

Oliver W. Holmes Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

60.3%

39.7%

Forest Road Elementary School

La Grange Park

Cook

59.6%

40.4%

Seventh Ave Elementary School

La Grange

Cook

54.9%

45.1%

Passow Elementary School

Franklin Park

Cook

54.4%

45.6%

William Hatch Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

54.3%

45.7%

Washington Dual Language Academy

Maywood

Cook

53.4%

46.6%

Irving Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

53.2%

46.8%

Congress Park Elementary School

Brookfield

Cook

50.9%

49.1%

William Beye Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

50.8%

49.2%

Whittier Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

49.4%

50.6%

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Oak Park

Cook

48.5%

51.5%

Dan H. Pietrini Elementary School

Franklin Park

Cook

47.3%

52.7%

Hollywood Elementary School

Brookfield

Cook

45.7%

54.3%

Blythe Park Elementary School

Riverside

Cook

44.1%

55.9%

North Elementary School

Franklin Park

Cook

41.2%

58.8%

Brook Park Elementary School

La Grange Park

Cook

35.9%

64.1%

Piper School

Berwyn

Cook

35.2%

64.8%

Jefferson Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

35%

65.0%

Roy Elementary School

Northlake

Cook

34.2%

65.8%

Washington Elementary School

Schiller Park

Cook

32.3%

67.7%

Westchester Intermediate School

Westchester

Cook

31.7%

68.3%

John F. Kennedy Elementary School

Schiller Park

Cook

31.7%

68.3%

Elmwood Elementary School

Elmwood Park

Cook

31.2%

68.8%

Field Stevenson Elementary School

Forest Park

Cook

29.8%

70.2%

Grant-White Elementary School

Forest Park

Cook

29.2%

70.8%

Pershing Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

28.1%

71.9%

John Mills Elementary School

Elmwood Park

Cook

28%

72.0%

Irving Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

27%

73.0%

Edison Elementary School

Stickney

Cook

26.7%

73.3%

Hiawatha Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

26.7%

73.3%

Sunnyside Intermediate School

Berkeley

Cook

26.6%

73.4%

Abe Lincoln Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

25.6%

74.4%

J. W. Robinson Junior Elementary School

Lyons

Cook

25%

75.0%

Prairie Oak School

Berwyn

Cook

24.4%

75.6%

Liberty Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

24.2%

75.8%

Lincoln Elementary School

Brookfield

Cook

23.3%

76.7%

Ideal Elementary School

Countryside

Cook

23.1%

76.9%

Karel Havlicek Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

22.7%

77.3%

Costello School

Lyons

Cook

22.4%

77.6%

Melrose Park Elementary School

Melrose Park

Cook

22.3%

77.7%

Jane Addams Elementary School

Melrose Park

Cook

21.7%

78.3%

Lincoln Elementary School

Maywood

Cook

21.5%

78.5%

Cicero West Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

21.3%

78.7%

Scott Elementary School

Melrose Park

Cook

20%

80.0%

Hodgkins Elementary School

Hodgkins

Cook

19.7%

80.3%

Westdale Elementary School

Northlake

Cook

18.9%

81.1%

Goodwin Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

18.6%

81.4%

Home Elementary School

Stickney

Cook

18.4%

81.6%

Whittier Primary School

Northlake

Cook

18%

82.0%

Komensky Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

17%

83.0%

Garfield Elementary School

Maywood

Cook

16.4%

83.6%

J. W. Riley Intermediate School

Northlake

Cook

16.3%

83.7%

Jefferson Primary School

Bellwood

Cook

14.2%

85.8%

Columbus East Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

14.1%

85.9%

Daniel Burnham Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

14%

86.0%

Drexel Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

13.9%

86.1%

Warren Park School

Cicero

Cook

13.8%

86.2%

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

13.3%

86.7%

Emerson Elementary School

Berwyn

Cook

13.1%

86.9%

Cicero East Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

12.7%

87.3%

Columbus West Elementary School

Cicero

Cook

12.7%

87.3%

Grant Elementary School

Melrose Park

Cook

11.8%

88.2%

Roosevelt Elementary School

Broadview

Cook

11.7%

88.3%

Emerson Elementary School

Maywood

Cook

10.3%

89.7%

Lincoln Elementary School

Bellwood

Cook

10%

90.0%

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School

Bellwood

Cook

9.1%

90.9%

McKinley Elementary School

Bellwood

Cook

6.7%

93.3%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Decatur Classical Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

97%

3.0%

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Rockford

Winnebago

90%

10.0%

McDade Elementary Classical School

Chicago

Cook

87.9%

12.1%

Meadow Glens Elementary School

Naperville

Dupage

86.1%

13.9%

Forest Hills Elementary School

Western Springs

Cook

84.4%

15.6%

Walden Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

83.9%

16.1%

Poe Elementary Classical School

Chicago

Cook

83.6%

16.4%

Shabonee School

Northbrook

Cook

82.9%

17.1%

Centennial School

Orland Park

Cook

82.6%

17.4%

Grafton Elementary School

Grafton

Jersey

82.1%

17.9%

Willowbrook Elementary School

Glenview

Cook

81.8%

18.2%

The Lane Elementary School

Hinsdale

Dupage

81.6%

18.4%

Greeley Elementary School

Winnetka

Cook

81%

19.0%

Wilmot Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

80.7%

19.3%

South Park Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

80.3%

19.7%

Eisenhower Academy

Joliet

Will

79.9%

20.1%

Lincoln Elementary School

River Forest

Cook

79.5%

20.5%

Half Day School

Lincolnshire

Lake

79.1%

20.9%

Oak Elementary School

Hinsdale

Dupage

78.9%

21.1%

Romona Elementary School

Wilmette

Cook

78.8%

21.2%

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